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Control Cloud Storage Costs with CloudBerry Backup.

June 22, 2012

Newport Beach, CA, CloudBerry Lab has released CloudBerry Backup version 2.9,
an application that allows users to backup their data online to their cloud storage
accounts such as Amazon S3, Windows Azure and Google Storage.

Disaster recovery planning is often times an afterthought that comes to light when
disaster strikes. Very seldom do companies fully recover from loss of critical data
which could lead to loss of business. CloudBerry Backup provides a powerful online
Backup and Restore software designed to leverage Amazon S3 reliable and secure online
storage to make your disaster recovery plan simple, reliable, and affordable.

The latest version of CloudBerry Backup comes with an option to estimate cloud
storage costs. The users can set up cost estimates per storage account and specify
a limit in GB or in dollar equivalent. When the limit is reached the backup will stop.
The software will automatically calculate the costs based on the current storage price
offered by the storage provider. Currently Amazon S3 charge 0.125/GB per month.
The software will also send an alert to the users when the storage is about to reach the limit.

Another important feature is an option to write Events on backup completion (success and failure)
to the Windows Event log. This feature makes it easier to deploy CloudBerry Backup along
with the popular monitoring and management systems such as Microsoft System Center Operations
Manager (SCOM), HP OpenView, BMC Patrol, Quest Foglight and a few others that come with a
capability to process Windows Event Log and apply certain rules.

With the latest release you can configure Pre- and Post actions that will run before
and after the actual backup is running. This feature will make it easier to back up
applications such as SQL Server and Exchange. You can set up a Pre-action to back up
SQL Server and then you can set up a POST action to clean up the SQL Server backup
directory from the older backup files.

Finally, CloudBerry Backup prevents computer from going to sleep mode, so that back up
will continue running. With this feature users are assured that the backup will complete
on time without interruption.

CloudBerry Backup is designed to work on Windows XP/Vista/7 and Windows Server 2003/2008.
Command line interface allows partners and advanced computer users integrate backup and
restore plans with other routines.

CloudBerry S3 Backup for Windows costs $29.99(US) for a single-user license. Volume discounts
are available. CloudBerry Backup will be offered without charge to students, educational
institutions and non-profit organizations. You will continue to pay Amazon directly for their S3 charges.

CloudBerry Lab was established in 2008 by a group of experienced IT professionals with
the mission to help organizations in adopting Cloud computing technologies by closing
the gap between Cloud vendor propositions and consumer needs through development of
innovative low-costs solutions.